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Metric/Nonmetric Elastic MDS

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Abstract

We present R and C implementations for metric (ratio) and non-metric (ordinal) versions of Elastic MDS, the multidimensional scaling technique proposed by McGee (1966). The R and C versions are compared for speed, with the C version anywhere from 15 to 100 times as fast as the R version.

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@article{arxiv.2511.19397,
  title  = {Metric/Nonmetric Elastic MDS},
  author = {Jan de Leeuw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.19397},
  year   = {2025}
}
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